Shift On Obt, Avoid Westmoreland

Traffic Alert

The upgrading of the bridges of State Road 408 (East-West Expressway) over Orlando streets is continuing to force road or lane closings and shifts.

Westmoreland Drive will close from 7 a.m. Tuesday through 5 p.m. Wednesday for workers to set beams. It will close again from 7 a.m. July 28 to 5 p.m. July 29 to drive sheet pile.

Drivers can expect a traffic shift on South Orange Blossom Trail from 8 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Southbound traffic on OBT will shift into northbound lanes at the S.R. 408 bridge. Northbound traffic will keep to one lane.

ORANGE COUNTY

University Boulevard. Expect mostly nighttime delays and lane closings along six miles of the roadway from Alafaya Trail to State Road 436 for milling and repaving.

State Road 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay). Expect lane closings during the day between John Young Parkway and Boggy Creek Road while crews mill and repave.

Expect delays when approaching the Curry Ford toll plaza as crews widen and convert the plaza for open-road toll lanes.

State Road 528 (Bee Line Expressway). Expect lane closings near S.R. 520 and between S.R. 417 and the Bee Line main toll plaza.

U.S. Highway 441. One lane is closed on the ramp south of S.R. 417 during construction. Expect nighttime lane closings south of S.R. 417 while crews install barrier walls. Crews are also installing drainage lines along southbound lanes south of Hunter's Creek Boulevard.

Interstate 4. Expect entrance and exit ramp closings in both directions at John Young Parkway while crews rebuild the interchange.

Expect nighttime lane closings from Conroy Road to Rio Grande Avenue.

Florida's Turnpike. Watch for single-lane closings at night between mileposts 272 and 273 as crews complete work on the median to allow for ramp modifications at the Winter Garden-Clermont interchange. Another lane is being added to the exit ramp.

Expect delays and lane shifts when approaching the overpass at Apopka-Vineland Road.